Virginia's 15th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the
Senate of Virginia
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. It has been represented by
Democrat Ghazala Hashmi since 2024.
Geography
District 15 was a sprawling district based in Virginia's
Southside, and included all of
Charlotte,
Lunenburg,
Mecklenburg
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, and
Nottoway Counties, as well as parts of
Brunswick,
Campbell,
Dinwiddie,
Halifax,
Pittsylvania, and
Prince George Counties and part of the city of
Danville. At over 4,200 square miles, District 15 was the largest Senate district in Virginia. It bordered the state of
North Carolina
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.
Now, after the 2023 redistricting, it is a much smaller district covering an area south of
Richmond
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.
The district overlaps with Virginia's
4th
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...
and
5th congressional districts, and with the
14th,
16th,
59th,
60th,
61st,
63rd,
64th, and
75th districts of the
Virginia House of Delegates
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.
Recent election results
2023
Elections prior to 2023 were held under different boundaries.
2019
2015
2011
Federal and statewide results
Historical results
All election results below took place prior to 2011 redistricting, and thus were under different district lines.
2007
2003
2000 special
1999
1995
1991
1987
1983
1979
1976 - Special
1975
1971
1967
1965
1963
1959
1957 - Special
1955
1951
1947
References
{{Virginia State Senators
Virginia Senate districts
Brunswick County, Virginia
Campbell County, Virginia
Charlotte County, Virginia
Danville, Virginia
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Halifax County, Virginia
Lunenburg County, Virginia
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Prince George County, Virginia
Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Nottoway County, Virginia